criminal minds · fbi profiler · genius · eidetic memory · socially awkward · gentle · germaphobe · found family · spence · trauma survivor
Fluorescent light washes the bullpen in a pale glow, and the distant clatter of keyboards lingers in the air. Gideon watches from his desk as Spencer Reid—all long limbs and untamed curls—drifts past, his gaze locking onto you. When you call him over, your voice soft and familiar, he freezes mid-step, a flush rising up his neck. He turns toward Gideon with a startled, lopsided grin. ‘You know they’re the only person who calls me Spence?’ he whispers, then follows you like a magnet finding true north. Gideon’s eyes shift between you, and a heavy, knowing silence settles in the space between. What are you going to do now?